These are some of the most mediocre people: The same folks who hate unit tests are now up in arms against writing evals for their LLM-based applications. If you are a solo developer or a startup building a prototype, you shouldn’t spend your time writing tests or evaluations.

If you tell your friends you're burned out, they'll always prescribe the same thing: "You need to take a vacation". But it never works. Burnout is completely misunderstood. This new article by @bscholl is the best explanation I've seen.

India trailed by more than 300 at Old Trafford but India batted brilliantly in the second innings. As one of the Indians approached his maiden hundred – a magnificent one – an English legend calmed him down, helped him get to his hundred. Mushtaq Ali, 1936.

🧵 1/8 The Illusion of Thinking: Are reasoning models like o1/o3, DeepSeek-R1, and Claude 3.7 Sonnet really "thinking"? 🤔 Or are they just throwing more compute towards pattern matching? The new Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) show promising gains on math and coding benchmarks,

It is easy to be the leader who demands that every part of the customer experience be flawless. These days, there’s a common misconception that this is what good taste looks like. But no — good taste is knowing what needs to be perfect now, what can be imperfect for now, *and*

A pattern I’ve noticed in the people who are successful-speed. They don’t overthink, overplan, or wait for the perfect moment. They move. While others are debating, researching, they’re already learning, adjusting, and making progress.

29 years apart two flying catches at Lahore in an ICC event. Coincidentally, Shane Thomson had AIR-INDIA ad in the background in 1996 world cup. Alex Carey has Emirates

Respected Sir, I have no part to play in this debate, but the name Uttar Pradesh did not exist before 1950. I have a transcript of the original Bengal Sati regulation act of 1829, and it reads nothing like this. Greats like Raja Ram Mohun Roy & Sahajanand Swami of Gujarat

NEW: Hannah is my ex-step daughter. And when I was in middle of my Cambridge Analytica investigation, she had a stalker. Stalkers. A whole cast of characters making her life hell. In 2021, I approached the BBC: could we try & nail the perpetrator(s)? 1/ https://t.co/lpMMO50bjv

Tendulkar and Lahli, A Beautiful Story. When Sachin Tendulkar visited Lahli. Standing at the arrival lounge of the Delhi airport, Gaurav Virmani felt a very privileged man. He had been accorded the most prestigious assignment by the Haryana Cricket Association --- put on

Today's "DeepSeek selloff" in the stock market -- attributed to DeepSeek V3/R1 disrupting the tech ecosystem -- is another sign that the application layer is a great place to be. The foundation model layer being hyper-competitive is great for people building applications.

My thoughts on DeepSeek sent to a reporter asking for comments

Stargate is a great name but the $500b is a ridiculous number and no one should take it seriously unless SoftBank is going to sell all of their BABA and ARM. SoftBank has $38b in cash, $142b in debt and generates $3ish billion in FCF per BBG. They own $143b in ARM and $18b in

This is why I’ve never been a fan of adventure activities in India—lack of trust in equipment quality and training standards. Safety must be a priority, not an afterthought.

The handwriting of famous authors - thread 🧵 1. Fyodor Dostoevsky's manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov

What India Eats👇👇 High carb low protein diet making Obesity and diabetes common in rural as well as urban populations. Cereal is largest portion of meal causing nutritional deficiencies. Read full report on https://t.co/jYjiXne1eV

The Spin Mudra ft. R. Ashwin

A small company in the <1M city of Niigata, Japan has a monopoly on the equipment that makes every single modern iPhone and TV display on the planet. Here's the story of Tokki, the most important company you've never heard of... 1/8

Quite thought provoking. Do spare 5 minutes and give this a read. I would love to have a discussion on this subject.

Some startups explode out of the gate Some take years to hit their stride, and then rocket The IRR is in the former The epic multiple is often in the latter